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"A sprawling and uniquely synthetic account of the role immigrants have played as performers, entrepreneurs, and as the subjects of the mass culture industry. Brings a stunning, transnational array of im/migrant cultural forms, immigration policies, and cohorts together in new and important... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ravi Shankar: Add a description of this character.
- Springsteen
- Kool Herc
- Calloway
- Gandhi
- Tony
- Chang
- Cohen
- Gidra
- Mayo
- Harrington
- Shridharani
- Prothero
- Duncan
- Davis
- Malcolm
- Tom
- Juliet
- Simon
- Wong
- Laurie Gunst
- Manley
- Abie
- Max
- Maria
- Laurents
- Clive Campbell
- George Harrison
- Stegner
- Robert Christgau
- Nakamura
- Bob Marley
- Ellwood
- Jerome Robbins
- Capp
- Robinson
- Glasser
- Hebdige
- Leonard Bernstein
- Montoya
- Toop
- Nathan
- Padilla
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- New York City
- West Side Story
- India
- Jamaica
- America
- Los Angeles
- California
- Hollywood
- Asia
- Caribbean
- Mexico
- Puerto Rico
- Monterey
- Harlem
- Chicago
- Kingston
- Vietnam
- Bangladesh
- England
- Public Enemy
- China
- Japan
- Europe
- Hinduism
- Nehru
- Great Britain
- San Francisco
- New Jersey
- Manhattan
- West Coast
- Born
- Brooklyn
- London
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rachel Rubin (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 304.873
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Law › Administrative Law › Emigration & Immigration
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Emigration & Immigration
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Popular Culture
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
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